g4/28/3 (Profil 2; Ghomrassen) (Jurassic to of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 11.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tataouine Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, bioturbated lime mudstone

Preservation: cast, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: S. Holzapfel. 1998. Palökologie benthischer Faunengemeinschaften und Taxonomie der Bivalven im Jura von Südtunesien. Beringeria - Würzburger geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (22)1-199 [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/M. Gahr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13514: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 11.04.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea sp. Etallon 1859 stony coral
described as morphotype Amphiastrea
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
described as sp. A
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776